Shelley Mathew Malil (; born December 23, 1964) is an Indian-American actor. Malil emigrated to the United States in 1974. He appeared in a number of television shows and films, including '' The 40-Year-Old Virgin'' (2005). In 2010, Malil was convicted of attempted premeditated murder and assault with a deadly weapon on a former girlfriend, and served 8 years of a 12 year to life term at

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in southern California.

Early life

Malil was born in Kerala, India. He emigrated with his family in 1974 to the United States at the age of 9. He started acting in high school. As a child, he had hoped to become a comedic actor like Bob Hope, whom he had first seen on television. In summer 1983, aged 18, he performed on stage as part of the summer stock company at the Granbury Opera House in Granbury, Texas.

Acting career

Malil came to Hollywood in 1995, after a two-year stint at New York's

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. He had supporting roles in ''The 40-Year-Old Virgin'' (2005), '' Holes'' (2003), '' Collateral Damage'' (2002), '' Getting There'' (2002), ''Boys From Madrid'' (2000), '' My Favorite Martian'' (1999), '' Columbus Day'' (2008), and ''Just Can't Get Enough'' (2002). Malil had roles on television shows such as ''

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'', '' Reba'', ''

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'', '' The West Wing'', '' The Jamie Foxx Show'', and '' ER ''. He was selected as one of the "Top 10 Overlooked Performances of 2005" by the Associated Press for his performance in ''The 40-Year-Old Virgin''. He is the recipient of a Clio Award (for the Budweiser beer commercials) and a Los Angeles Ovation Award as Best Featured Actor for his performance as Bottom in ''

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'', and he was nominated for the Los Angeles Ovation Award for his performance in '' SubUrbia''.

Attempted murder conviction

On August 10, 2008, Malil stabbed an ex-girlfriend, Kendra Beebe, 23 times in San Marcos, California. He was arrested the next day as he got off a train in

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.''US Actor Attack''
article; Huffington Post; accessed September 2014. Beebe had survived the attack despite a severe cut to her chin, the collapse of both lungs, and the loss of about half the blood in her body. In September 2010, he was convicted of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon. and sentenced to

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with the possibility of parole after 12 years. He was paroled four years early in September 2018.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Malil, Shelley 1964 births Living people Male actors from California American people convicted of assault American people convicted of attempted murder Indian emigrants to the United States American people of Malayali descent People paroled from life sentence Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by California 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors American male actors of Indian descent Naturalized citizens of the United States